Introduced in the late 1960's by Hewlett-Packard Corporation, the HP 2100 series was one of the mostly widely used real-time minicomputers. Among the models in this series were
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| Option | Description | Capacity |
| CPU and memory | HP 2114, 2215, 2116, 2100, 21MX, or 1000 | 4KW - 32KW (1024KW on 21MX) |
| 2116 options | extended arithmetic | |
| 2100 options | floating point, memory protection, IOP | |
| 21MX options | memory protection, DMS, IOP, extended floating point, double precision integer, RTE OS/VMA/EMA, SIGNAL, VIS firmware extensions | |
| Console | 12631A ASR-33 Teletype | |
| BACI terminal interface | ||
| Paper tape | 12597A reader and punch | |
| Real time clock | 12539A/B/C time base generator | |
| Line printers | 12653A line printer | |
| 12845B line printer | ||
| Terminal multiplexor | 12920A terminal multiplexor | 16 lines |
| Disk | 12557A/13210A cartridge disk | 1.25/2.5MW |
| 12565A disk pack | 11.95MW | |
| 13037/7905,7906,7920,7920 disk pack | 7.5-60MW | |
| 12606A/12610A fixed head disk/drum | 0.18MW - 1.54MW | |
| Magnetic tape | 12559C 9 track magnetic tape | |
| 13181A/13183A 9 track magnetic tape | ||
| Network | 12556B interprocessor link for Access |
Updated 15-Jun-2008 by Bob Supnik (simh AT trailing-edge DOT com- anti-spam encoded)
